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Iowa early News Headlines: Thursday, 11/2/17

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November 2nd, 2017 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:49 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities have released the name of a man who died after a fire at a Des Moines apartment. The Des Moines Fire Department identified the man Wednesday as 68-year-old Osman Suljic, who was found Tuesday in his third-floor apartment where the blaze is believed to have started.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — A Sioux City man has pleaded guilty to possessing both illegal drugs and child pornography in federal court. The U.S. Attorney’s office for the Northern District of Iowa says 23-year-old Jose Ramon Ortega-Ramirez entered the plea Wednesday in Sioux City’s federal court and was subsequently convicted of one count of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and one count of child porn possession.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Officials say a former Des Moines teacher and basketball coach will lose his teaching license for a year for wrongly operating outside of district oversight two bank accounts with more than $1.8 million in deposits. The Des Moines Register reports that former Roosevelt High teacher Chris Cundiff also will receive a written reprimand. A state audit found hundreds of thousands of dollars of improper and undocumented spending.